Ailurophile Cat Clinic

I will not go here anymore. Unconciouable lack of compassion treating my 20 year old dying cat. I cannot reccomend this business and it is not the original owner. I am glad to see that others are getting help here. I am not out to pound on the small business, however, quantity of life should not trump quality of life and my cat was mercifully euthanized upon entrance to another clinic. A once majestic 18 pound male had shrank to 5 pounds and was suffering mightigly. Dr, Hoscheck pointedly refused to euthanize, costing me approximately $2,000 in needless blood tests and made my cats last days hell. He also gouged my ex-wife at end of life for a cat. Treatment might be fine, but end of life is a house of horrors at this clinic. more

In the summer of 2010, my cat Bob (so named for his tiny little tuft of a tail) needed a subtotal colectomy, the removal of most of his colon. It was that or euthenizing him. The MSU clinic is reputed to do this operation well, but their price was unaffordable, so I called other vets and clinics in search of a solution. To my surprise, most were unwilling to attempt this delicate operation. But when I called the Ailurophile Cat Clinic, Dr. Hoschek said, ""Can do."" And his price was considerably lower than MSU's. more

For the most part, my three cats have gone to cat specialists, and the one in Ann Arbor is nice, super-clean, and friendly, but Dr Hoscheck really is the best fit for these cats. He detected a heart murmur that my eleven-year-old somehow managed to keep hidden from the Ann Arbor vet, and he's the first vet since my five-year-old was a kitten who seems allowed to touch her without giving her a sedative first (she had a bad experience at the A2 Cat Clinic after she twisted her wrist at 12wks). The building is older and doesn't get the greatest light in the office, and the front office itself has an idiosyncratic system or order, and the waiting area consists of a carpeted floor, sofa and coffee table rather than a sterile tile floor and stainless steel benches, but it's nothing that I'd say is deserving of lesser stars because it's clean enough for the front of the house. I've also not yet seen a cat clinic that doesn't have at least three or four cats living there full-time, so this is really no different. more

One of the things my husband and I had in common when we first met was that we were both ""cat people"". When we joined households, both of us brought our cat. Through the past 15 years we have enjoyed owning (or being owned) exclusively by our cats although we never maintained more than two at one time. We love our cats! more

Thank you!! Pinapple is healing and is a continued joy to our lives because of you. Thank you for everything you did to help her get well more

I should have wrote this a month ago when I had my cat in to see this so called Doctor but I am just now getting to it. Me and my husband just moved up from Kentucky to Lansing with our cat Gabby and decided to take her to Ailurophile since they were just cats, BIG MISTAKE! First thing I noticed when I walked in was how dirty and unkept the waiting room was (files and papers all over the desks, dirt, and cat hair everywhere!) there were cats running loose all over the place which made my cat VERY uncomfortable. They seemed to be very understaffed, only one poor girl there working the desk, the back, and everything else. When I arrived there were no other customers there yet it took the Doctor almost a half hour to finally come in and see my cat. When he came in I was shocked and kind of scared, his scrubs were all torn up and the top was on inside out he looked like he had just crawled out of bed, long hair was all messy, he just seemed very unprofessional! The exam he did with my cat however was very good he spent alot of time checking every square inch of her, gave her vaccines, and decided she needed some geriatric blood work done, which I agreed to for the health of my cat. The young girl working up front came and took my cat to the back to get blood, all of the sudden I heard my cat screaming bloody murder and things crashing onto the floor, I then heard the doctor screaming and throwing stuff all over telling that poor girl how f-ing dumb she was! then I swear I heard my cat make like a choking cough sound, it was beyong aweful I wanted to grab my poor Gabby and run out of there! It took nearly another half hour just to get my cat back from where ever they took her. When the Dr. brought her back in she was panting, her legs were bloody and she looked beyond stressed, and the Dr acted all chipper and nice like nothing had happened. They tried to get me to do a dental on her, HECK NO! I refused to leave her there with them alone ( I did have it done at our current clinic though) To top it all off on my way out of the exam room they have window seat for customers and cats to sit on, well there was some very sickly looking grey cat pooping all over the one right outside my door! I hope whatever that cat had he didnt give it to Gabby! So I paid my outrageous bill and left never to return. The one girl on staff was very friendly and caring but obviously overwhelmed, but the Dr was just rude, unprofessional, and obviously out of control with his anger. I would say if you love your cat - DO NOT take it to Ailurophile! Pros: The only pro is that is only cats. Cons: dirty - rude - uncaring - unproffesional more

I took my seemingly healthy cat there for routine exam and vaccinations updates. They said my cat was healthy, gave her the injections but that night she got very sick and died within 2 days. Long story short, she had kidney disease, undiagnosed, and the injections put her over the edge. When I contacted their office after to explain what had happened they were very rude. Beware!! Pros: cats only Cons: they don't know what they are doing more

Dr. Hoschek has been my little boy's doctor for going on five years. My little guy is also ""special needs"", he was the runt of the litter, isn't ""put together"" quite right, and has the equivalent of feline Down syndrome. The first time we saw Dr. Hoschek, I cried...he was the ONLY doc, of many that we had seen, that did NOT tell me that I should put my lil guy ""down"" because he isn't ""normal"". I have moved many times in the last five years and Ailurophile Cat Clinic remains Roly's vet. Last winter I drove 12 hours ONE WAY (from TN) , to take Roly back to Dr. Hoschek (in MI). I now live in Buffalo (NY), it's a 6 hour drive...piece of cake to take Roly back to the only doctor that I trust with my little boy. This doctor LISTENS to me, trusts me when I tell him something isn't right, explains everything more than once if necessary, and does what is best for my Roly. This vet is now and will forever remain, my Roly's doctor. And about his staff...caring, trustworthy, empathetic, sweet, understanding, respectful. I love this place and how they take care of my boy and me too. Pros: Dr. Hoschek is the best cat vet!! Cons: Can't give more than 5 stars, I would if I could! more

You will never find a vet that is more committed to your cat?s health than Dr. Hoscheck! Because we were so close to MSU and their world class Vet school we took our cat to MSU for years. Our cat is what you might call special needs: heart murmur, breathing problems, deaf and diabetic. Unfortunately, these health problems would result in very long visits to MSU, each new vet student wanted to do a full work up. What we needed was a single vet who would get to know our cat?Dr. Hoscheck to the rescue! Pros: Only Cats, Very Personable more